Intercultural Communications

I know this picture has nothing to do with intercultural communications, but I always like to give you guys something to look at too :) On Monday, there was not a cloud in the sky and it was absolutely beautiful. I spent two hours walking around enjoying the snowy scenery and taking pictures. I will put some of them up soon! This picture is from Monday night. The moon was huge that night. It was almost as big as the night before I left for Sweden...Patti, do you remember that?! The stars were shining brilliantly, and we spent about 15 minutes outside in the bitter cold trying to soak it in. It was beautiful.

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Well, I have now completed two weeks of my "full" course load. My newest class, Intercultural Communications, has been so great. I was not sure if I would enjoy it very much since I have already take intercultural communications at North Park, but I have loved it so far. If anything, it has shown me how much of an interest I have in communications, especially intercultural communications. Plus, the number of cultures that are represented in the class makes it incredibly interesting. 

We were all put into "cross-cultural" groups for the first part of the term, and within my group there is an American (me), a guy from Hong Kong, a girl from Finland, a guy from France, and a guy from Germany. I love our discussions. They are not particularly deep or philosophical or anything, they are just enjoyable. It is just so interesting to see different people interacting together in a different culture from their own. I love learning about different cultures and seeing which things are similar and different not only to my own culture, but to others as well.

When deciding to come to Sweden, I never would have guessed I would learn so much from such different cultures around Europe and the world. It has been amazing. I am loving every moment.